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Restoring Virtual Machine Files (VMDKs) for VMware

You can restore single or multiple virtual machine disk (VMDK) files from a virtual machine.

Procedure

  1. From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers > virtualization_client > Virtual Server > VMware.

  2. Right-click the backup set that contains the data to restore and select All Tasks > Browse and Restore.

  3. In the Browse and Restore Options dialog box, select Virtual Machine files and click View Content.

  4. On the Content tab, select a virtual machine.

    The configuration and VMDK files of the virtual machine are displayed in the right pane.

  5. Select the required VMDK files from the right pane.

  6. Click Recover All Selected at the bottom of the window.

    The Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box appears.

  7. Provide the following information:

    • Proxy Client: Select a new proxy to change the target machine for the restore.

      By default, VMDK files are restored to the same proxy that was used to back up the virtual machine.

    • Specify Staging Path: Browse to select the folder where files should be restored.

      If you are restoring to a Windows proxy client, you can enter a UNC path and provide the credentials for the target client using the Impersonate User option.

    • Virtual Disk Conversion: To restore the disk to a different disk format, select the Convert Disk to option and choose one of the following values:

      • VHDX - Dynamic virtual hard disk format.

      • VHD - Legacy virtual hard disk format.

        After conversion to VHD, you can attach the converted disk to an existing Hyper-V virtual machine, or create a Hyper-V virtual machine from the disk using Hyper-V Manager. When creating a virtual machine with a converted disk, see Updating a Converted Virtual Machine.

      If you select a disk to restore that is not in VMDK format, the conversion option does not appear.

      For more information, see Virtual Machine Disk Conversion.

    • Impersonate User: To perform the operation using a different user account, enter the user name and password.

  8. Click OK.

Result

The VMDK file is restored to the destination client in the folder specified for the staging path.

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